13.9% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stirling
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Stirling compared to the rest of the country. While few residents have served in the military, over 30% of the community looks after children without pay. This creates a local profile where home-based care is more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children unpaid is very common here, with 30.8% of people doing so, well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is a little above the state average at 13.0%, while 21.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Only 1.7% of people in Stirling have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures.
1.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51405/stirling/topic/community